shed is 40 feet in width, and has a total length on Charles street of 167 feet. Here are accommodations for six horses, with ample space for the necessary grain and harness-rooms and for the storage of vehicles. The walls and ceilings are neatly finished with matched and varnished sheathing; the stalls fitted with substantial iron fixtures, and abundantly ventilated. A commodious loft above is provided for the storage of hay. The division occupied as a crack-shed, covers an area of 5,000 square feet upon the ground. It is entered from the yard on the westerly side by six ample door ways, each of which is fitted with a sliding door. The roof is substantially constructed with heavy trusses, and notwithstanding its exposed position, bids fair to successfully defy the elements.

The buildings are simple and unpretending in their outward appearance; convenience, consistent with economy, being the end sought for in their erection. Architects, Messrs. Ryder & Harris. Contractor, B. H. Flanders. Cost, $14,639.74.

STREET WIDENINGS, EXTENSIONS, ETC. The most important street widenings and extensions, authorized during the past fiscal year, are as follows, viz :—

CITY PROPER.-The widening of Boylston street, from Washington to Tremont street, at an estimated expense of $99,433.50; of a portion of Washington street within the limits of the Suffolk-street district between Orange and Cherry streets, at an estimate of $20,000; of the same street from Pleasant street to Indiana place, at an estimate of $23,873; of Battery street, from Hanover to Commercial street, at an estimated expense of $30,944; the laying out and widening of Carney place in the Suffolk-street district, at an estimated expense of $25,000; the widening and extension of Shawmut avenue from Dover to Tremont street, at an estimated cost of $447,540.65; the widening and extension of Middlesex street, in the Suffolkstreet district, from Castle to Dover street, at an estimated

expense of $60,000; the extension of Allen from Brighton to Charles street, at an estimate of $13,402.50; and the widening of the junction of Tremont Row and Court street by the removal of "Scollay's Building," at an estimate of $182,530.

Harrison avenue has been extended from Eustis to Warren street, for which the estimates amounted to $118,664.30. In the Suffolk-street district, Cobb street has also been laid out, from Washington street to Shawmut avenue, Emerald street extended to Castle street, Wheeler's court laid out, widened, and extended to Indiana place, and Castle street widened from Washington to Tremont street, at an estimated expense of $40,000, $7,800, $12,000, and $150,000, respectively. Kingston street has been widened from Bedford to Beach street, at an estimated expense of $200,944; Broad street, near Washington avenue, at an estimated expense of $18,598; and Humphrey place laid out and extended from Hamilton to Broad street, for which the estimate was $11,314.20. Cliff street in the Highland district has been laid out and widened from Warren street, and extended to Shawmut avenue, at an estimated cost of $11,314.20. Washington street has been widened at the corner of Milk street, at an estimated expense of $43,780. The total of the above street improvements amounts to $1,505,824.15.

Several other streets have been laid out, widened and extended, during the past year, of less importance than those above enumerated, the estimated cost of which is $54,433.70; making a total for the fiscal year, for all these improvements, of $1.560,257.85.

The following betterments on account of the above named improvements have been assessed during the year: —

Other betterments have been assessed during the past fiscal

year, on streets which were widened or laid out prior to May

FORT HILL. There yet remain about 150,000 cubic yards of earth to be removed from this hill to complete the improvement. The removal of the entire hill has twice been contracted for during the past year, but in both cases the contractors have been unable to proceed with their contracts on account of their inability to find a place to deposit the earth.

The whole work is now contracted for to be removed on or before the 15th of December, 1871: a small portion of the earth to be taken by carts to the Suffolk-street district; but the buik of it to go to South Boston in scows to fill the city's flats opposite the Public Institutions. It is expected that the work of grading the hill will be completed, and the betterments assessed for the improvement during the present municipal year.

ATLANTIC AVENUE SEA WALL. This wall was completed. May 1, 1870. It was built on the easterly line of the avenue, and extends from Foster's Wharf to Eastern avenue. The wall is 15 feet and 6 inches in height, 14 feet in width at the bottom, 4 feet at the top, and 1,559 feet long. On the water side of the wall a platform 18 feet in width resting upon piles is built, and a fender guard outside of the platform. The work was done by Boynton Bros., who have completed their contract, with the exception of setting the curbstones, and

paving the sidewalk with brick. The total amount paid Boynton Bros., on their contract to May 1, 1871, is $182,038.74.

ATLANTIC AVENUE AND DOCKS. The grading of Atlantic avenue was commenced October 27, 1869, and was completed October 12, 1870; the final estimate of the amount of earth removed to fill the same was 82,850 cubic yards, at seventy-five cents, $62,137.50; and the filling of the docks west of it, under authority of a special act of the legislature about the 1st of May, 1871. This avenue is now being paved and the edgestones set, and will soon be in a condition to be opened for public travel.

SUFFOLK-STREET DISTRICT,- Embracing the territory lying between Tremont street and Washington street, Dover street and Pleasant street has been undergoing improvement, which was commenced in September, 1870, according to a plan adopted by the City Council of that year.

The territory comprises an area of about 31 acres, upon which were 749 buildings of stone, brick and wood. This territory was to be raised to such grade as might be necessary, "with reference to its complete drainage. Work was commenced in September, 1870, upon that portion of the district lying between Dover street and Chapman street, and since that time the various kinds of work requisite for such raising and for such improvements as have been adopted and authorized from time to time by the City Council have been progressing, so that up to the present time, there have been raised and underpinned 121 brick and 52 wooden buildings, of which 6 brick and 7 wooden buildings have been moved back to correspond to the new line of such streets as have been widened, and 6 brick buildings standing upon lots needed for the widening of streets have been moved and placed upon new foundations upon vacant lots, instead of being demolished.

44 brick buildings and 4 wooden buildings are in progress of raising and underpinning. 3 brick and 72 wooden buildings have been sold and demolished as unfit to raise. 24 brick and 5 wooden buildings have been sold and demolished for the purpose of widening streets. Proposals have been received for the raising and underpinning of 98 brick buildings on that portion of the district between the Boston and Albany Railroad and Pleasant street.

About 8 acres have been filled to grade, and about 6 acres have been partially filled, and when the buildings now in progress of raising and underpinning are completed, which will be in the course of two weeks, the filling will progress rapidly.

Edgestones and sidewalks have been laid in Garland street, and in portions of Chapman, Albion, and Village streets.

New sewers have been laid in Chapman, Suffolk, Village and Emerald streets.

New water pipes have been laid in Village street, between Chapman street and Dover street.

The abutments and the bridge for the extension of Shawmut avenue, and the retaining wall alongside of the Boston and Albany Railroad, are in such state of progress as to insure their completion in ample season for the rest of the work.

PUBLIC WORKS.

CHESTNUT HILL RESERVOIR. - This great work, consisting of two basins for the storage of water, of a capacity of 730,000,000 gallons, one named the "Lawrence Basin," and the other the "Bradlee Basin," surrounded by a beautiful driveway, located in the towns of Brighton and Newton, commenced in the spring of 1866, has been completed. In previous reports, a description of this work has been given as it progressed.

The water was let into the "Bradlee Basin" Oct. 25, 1870;